Monthly Archives: September 2014

Derbyshire Scouts clock up 3,500 miles in 10 days in Explorer Belt Cha...

September 29, 2014

Derbyshire Scouts clocked up more than 3,500 miles in 10 days this summer as they took on their Explorer Belt Challenge. THE group of 33 youngsters, aged between 16 and 25, took on the expedition whi...

Watch: thrilling first-person footage of downhill Mexico bike race

September 29, 2014

Slovak mountain biker Filip Polc films his epic race down the steep and narrow streets of Taxco Ever wondered what a race looks like from the eyes of the winner? Filip Polc, a professional downhill m...

WATCH: German daredevil sets record with high-line walk of 735 feet

September 29, 2014

Julian Mittermaier, 21, made the daredevil stroll across the Mauvoisin Dam in Switzerland — where part of the 1995 James Bond blockbuster ‘GoldenEye’ was filmed, according to The Sun. Jul...

Alex Bellini: ‘I’m going to live on an iceberg until it melts’

September 29, 2014

Italian adventurer Alex Bellini is going to live on an iceberg until it melts in one of the most unusual expeditions of modern times. He spoke to Euronews Explorers about his plans, and why he contin...

British adventurer takes elliptical route down Australia

September 29, 2014

As if riding from the top of Australia to the bottom weren’t hard enough, English adventurer Glen Burmeister is currently trying to set a new Guiness world record for undertaking the journey on...

Explorer treks to world’s largest beaver dam

September 29, 2014

General view of lake created by massive beaver dam in northern Alberta. (ROB MARK/SUPPLIED) EDMONTON — An American explorer is the first person to reach the world’s largest beaver dam, fo...

Brian Clough: a legendary career in pictures

September 29, 2014

Clough’s disastrous spell at Leeds United is well documented – with his tenure at the reigning champions lasting just 44 days. Unpopular with the players, who he told at their first training session ...

Work And Innovation In The Italy Of The Future; The Entrepreneur’...

September 17, 2014

Italy’s unemployment rate – currently 12.6% – remains stubbornly high, while its online recruitment market, devoid of any real technical innovation, had done little to support what hiring activity th...

That Defining Moment That Comes Once In An Entrepreneur’s Life &...

September 17, 2014

As entrepreneurs, we wonder if that moment will ever arrive when we finally know that all our hard work and sacrifice was worth it. This moment is something beyond merely making or losing a lot of mo...

Richard Branson doesn’t mind being a ‘crazy one’

September 16, 2014

Richard Branson’s formula for good management: ‘Walk the floor, get to know your people.’ (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs and British entrepreneur Richard Branson could...

How This Entrepreneur With a Famous Name Failed His Way to Success

September 16, 2014

Image credit: Fortune Live Media | Flickr Today, Jonathan Bush is CEO of athenahealth, a pioneering healthcare company with nearly $600 million in revenue but he got his start mowing lawns and prunin...

Botín’s Swashbuckling Style Hid a Cautious Streak

September 16, 2014

Emilio Botín, at the annual meeting of shareholders of Banco Santander in March.Credit Vincent West/Reuters Emilio Botín transformed Banco Santander from a regional Spanish lender into a global giant...

Minecraft Creator’s Route From Rags to Potential Microsoft Riche...

September 16, 2014

Renegade Gamer Markus Persson Who Spent Long Stints Unemployed May Turn Love of Legos Into $2 Billion Payday Mojang’s Markus Persson started at the company that became ‘Candy Crush’...

Defying death threats, ‘Butterflies’ network helps abused women in Col...

September 16, 2014

Coordinator Gloria Amparo explains the Butterflies outreach program to young women. “When a woman knows her rights, it allows her to have choices and make decisions,” she said. Photo by J. Arredondo/...

Legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes to talk about his life in suppo...

September 16, 2014

The explorer will be talking about his life in support of The Urology Foundation next month – get your tickets now. Olivia Demetriades reports. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is raising money for The Urol...